The annual awards from the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA) were announce last night at a private gathering at The Jury Room. And, once again, the results made me pretty damn proud to be a member.

Best Film (and Best Director and Best Cinematography) went to "Gravity" (a very close No. 2 on my Top 10 of 2013), and my personal favorite movie of the year, the indie "Short Term 12" won for Best Overlooked Film.

In the acting categories, Chiwetel Ejiofor ("12 Years a Slave") took Best Actor, while Adèle Exarchopolous won Best Actress for her amazing performance in "Blue Is the Warmest Color" (a performance that shouldn't be overshadowed by the film's sex scenes, by the way).

Jennifer Lawrence won Best Supporting Actress for teaching us all the dangers of putting metal in the science oven in "American Hustle," and, in my personal favorite moment of the evening, James Franco won Best Supporting Actor for "Spring Breakers" ... I'm not sure if the studio's "Consider This Shit" campaign affected COFCA voters, but it's undeniable that he was the MVP of that (devicive) movie. Don't act so 'spicious, y'all.

As a body, COFCA voted pretty close to my own picks in most categories, and (pardon the self-congratulation) I think this group defies the Midwest expectation with some legitmately edgy picks. I mean, look at this list of past Best Picture winners:

2002: Punch-Drunk Love

2003: Lost in Translation

2004: Million Dollar Baby

2005: A History of Violence

2006: Children of Men

2007: No Country for Old Men

2008: WALL·E

2009: Up in the Air

2010: Inception

2011: Drive

2012: Moonrise Kingdom

I stand by most of those (and they're pretty much all better picks than the Academy, in my book).